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- Daimler's all-electric Smart Fortwo "car2go" program will launch before the end of the year, previewing the future of German-style urban transportation in the U.S.
- The San Diego car-sharing service will get a fleet of 300 Smart Fortwo electric vehicles.
- The electric Smart Fortwos will be charged at approximately 1,000 Blink commercial charging stations that are expected to be installed by the end of the year for public use in San Diego...
And, yes before we go any farther, this car has an “ED” sticker on each flank. Just settle down with your Cialis quips. We’ve heard them (or made them) all already. It stands for “Electric Drive,” okay?
You’ll use the car’s full performance potential (40 horsepower in this case) more often than you will in any other form of transport you’re likely to operate.
It’s governed to a top speed of 63 mph... not only is the ED’s range insufficient for those of us with lengthy daily commutes, it also would turn us into a rolling chicane.
According to the EPA, the Smart ED’s range is 63 miles, but you can literally watch the charge from the 16.5-kWh, Tesla-sourced lithium-ion battery drain away after a brief, maxed-out expressway stint. Smart promises that in 2012, it will begin selling a version of the ED with batteries developed in a joint venture between Daimler and Bosch.
And yet it cost more than the Leaf for way less car. That coupled with the name, it feels like they want it to fail.It has exactly the performance that Daimler specified. They're trying to keep it cheap.
It has exactly the performance that Daimler specified. They're trying to keep it cheap.
It certainly sounds like they're trying to lay any limitations of the vehicle at Tesla's feet. To me this sounds like a deliberate ploy. Develop your own competing technology while blaming the limitations of the original version on the supplier who built it the way you wanted them to.
Can anyone say NOVA?... That coupled with the name, it feels like they want it to fail.
Also possibly the first production EV with three phase charging.
"Phase Three" != "Three Phase"... But does "Phase Three" have "Three Phase" (charging?)Planned to make its world premiere at next month’s Frankfurt motor show, the so-called phase three Fortwo ED...
22kW implying 3-phase charging? That is less than full (CHAdeMO style) 50kW DC, but more than even the Roadster (~17kW).Mercedes-Benz put the nominal recharge time at eight hours on a standard mains socket or under an hour with the on-board 22kW high capacity charger.
Thats what is most wanted for charging with my Roadster here. Currently i can only use one-phase - only 1/3 of possible charging powerYeah 22kW here means three phase (32A to be precise).
Yeah 22kW here means three phase (32A to be precise).